Banking & Finance: International
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Japan
Band 2
Contact number
+81 3 6259 3500Chambers Review
Ropes & Gray offers a notable sponsor-side practice heavily involved in corporate and acquisition finance. The team advises financial institutions on LBOs, senior and mezzanine loans and refinancing transactions, and works closely with colleagues in China on cross-border deals.
Work Highlights
- Ropes & Gray’s Japan-based banking and finance team advised Bain Capital Private Equity in connection with the financing for its USD3.2 billion leveraged acquisition of Evident Corporation, a manufacturer of microscopes for life science and industrial applications.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The Ropes team are very efficient and savvy and never disappoint us."
"The Ropes team are very efficient and savvy and never disappoint us."
Notable Practitioners
Ben Morris has established a solid acquisition and corporate finance practice. Trained in the UK, he speaks fluent Japanese and is regularly engaged by private equity clients.
"Ben Morris is an excellent financing lawyer with strong technical skill and commercial sense."
Tsuyoshi Imai focuses on private equity-related work, but also has the capacity to handle corporate finance transactions. He is managing partner of the Tokyo office and head of Ropes & Gray's finance practice in Japan.
"Anyone would be lucky to have Tsuyoshi Imai on board. He has excellent technical skills and business leadership."